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Memory card

Meaning in photography, with examples

nounCore term

In photography, memory card means: A small removable card, such as an SD or CFexpress card, on which the camera saves photos and videos.

In Turkish: hafıza kartı, bellek kartı

How it is used

Photographers format, swap and back up memory cards, and say the card is full. Card speed matters for burst shooting and video. Many professional cameras have two card slots, so every image can be written to both cards as a backup.

Example sentences

  1. Format the memory card in the camera, not on your computer.

  2. Never format a memory card until the photos are backed up in two places.

Common collocations

  • format a memory card
  • dual memory card slots
  • fast memory card
  • the memory card is full
  • RAWAn image file that keeps almost all the data recorded by the sensor, without the camera's processing. It must be edited and converted before sharing.
  • burst modeA drive mode in which the camera keeps taking photos quickly, many frames per second, for as long as you hold down the shutter button.
  • JPEGA common image file format that compresses photos to make them small, losing some detail. Short for Joint Photographic Experts Group.

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